Werner Krauss (1884–1959)

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Werner Krauss was born on June 23, 1884 in Gestungshausen, Sonnefeld, Bavaria, Germany. He was an actor, known for The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Full Sound (1920), Paracelsus (1943) and Robert Koch: The Battle Against Death (1939). He was married to Liselotte Graf, Maria Bard and Paula Saenger. He died on October 20, 1959 in Vienna, Austria. See full bio »

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(age 75) in Vienna, Austria

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 1958 Das verräterische Herz (TV Movie)
Der Alte
 1957 Bacchus (TV Movie)
Gesandter des Vatikans
 1955 Sohn ohne Heimat
Wilhelm Hartmann
 1950 The Falling Star
Lenura / Lenoir
 1950 Prämien auf den Tod
Dr. Schmidt
 1943 Paracelsus
Paracelsus
 1942 Bismarck's Dismissal
Geheimrat von Holstein
 1942 Zwischen Himmel und Erde
Justus Rottwinkel
 1941 Annelie
Katasteramtsrat Reinhold Dörensen (as Werner Krauß)
 1940 Jud Süß
Rabbi Loew / Levy - Oppenheimers Sekretär / Schächter Isaak / ... (as Werner Krauß)
 1939 Robert Koch: The Battle Against Death
Geheimrat Rudolf Virchow
 1936 Burg Theatre
Friedrich Mitterer
 1935 Hundred Days
Napoleon (as Werner Krauß)
 1932 Mensch ohne Namen
Heinrich Martin
 1931 Yorck
Gen. Yorck von Wartenberg
 1929 Napoleon at St. Helena
Napoleon
 1929 Du sollst nicht töten
Prof. Marquardt
 1929 The Jolly Peasant
Bauer Mathäus Reuther
 1928 Looping the Loop
Botto, ein berühmter Clown
 1928 Die Hölle der Jungfrauen
Mystkowski
 1927 Funkzauber
Theophil Schimmelpfenning, der Funkaugust
 1927 Make Up
Morris Broock
 1927 Die Hose
Theobald Maske
 1927 Laster der Menschheit
Willibald Cooks
 1926 Don't Play with Love
Fürst Colalto
 1926 Superfluous People
Ortspolizist Suka
 1926 The Man Who Cheated Life
Scapinelli, Wucherer
 1926 Das graue Haus
Vater
 1926 Kreuzzug des Weibes
Der Idiot
 1926 Nana
Le Comte Muffat
 1926 Secrets of a Soul
Martin Fellman
 1926 Das Haus der Lüge
Hjalmar Ekdal
 1925 Die Dame aus Berlin
Anton Zöllner
 1925 Tartuffe
Herr Orgon
 1925 Variety (unconfirmed)
 1925 Der Trödler von Amsterdam
Arent Bergh
 1925 Die Moral der Gasse
Viehhändler engros
 1925 Jealousy
Mann - Georges Ménard
 1925 The Joyless Street
Metzger von Melchiorstrasse
 1925 Wood Love
Bottom
 1924 Waxworks
Jack the Ripper / Spring-Heeled Jack
 1924 Decameron Nights
Soldan
 1923 Das unbekannte Morgen
Marc Muradock
 1923 Crown of Thorns
Pontius Pilatus
 1923 This Ancient Law
Nathan, der Professor
 1923 The Jew of Mestri
Shylock
 1923 Fräulein Raffke
Emil Raffke
 1923 Adam and Eve
 1923 Alt Heidelberg
Dr. Jüttner
 1923 The Treasure
Svetelenz
 1922 Nathan der Weise
Nathan
 1922 Luise Millerin
Sekretär Wurm
 1922 The Burning Soil
Der alte Rog / Old Rog
 1922 Othello
Iago
 1922 Die Beute der Erinnyen
Wells
 1921 Zirkus des Lebens
Philipp Hogger
 1921 Lady Hamilton
Lord William Hamilton
 1921 Der Tanz um Liebe und Glück
Direktor Mac Sullivan
 1921 Der Roman der Christine von Herre
Der alte graf von herre
 1921 Scherben
Bahnwärter
 1921 The Loves of the Mighty
Robespierre
 1921 Das Haus in der Dragonerstrasse
Walter, sein Sohn
 1921 The Medium
 1920 Die Kwannon von Okadera
Harlander, Grossindustrieller
 1920 Die Brüder Karamasoff
Serdjakoff
 1920 Der Staatsanwalt
Ziegelpeter
 1920 The Woman in Heaven
Aufseher
 1920 Sieger Tod
Dr. Olaf Karsten
 1920 Die Frau ohne Seele
Stephan Wulkowitz
 1920 Johannes Goth
Verleger Assmann
 1920 Ewiger Strom
Ein Fährmann
 1920 Spiritismus
 1920 Opfer
 1919 Die Heimat
 1919 The Dance of Death
The Cripple
 1919 Das ewige Rätsel
Faun
 1919 Rose Bernd
Der alte Bernd
 1919 Die Insel der Glücklichen
Senator Dr. Wenningx, ein Volksführer
 1919 Prostitution
Mann
 1919 Sühne (Short)
 1919 Opium
Nung-Tschang
 1918 Seelen in Ketten
Fürst
 1918 Stürme des Lebens (Short)
 1918 The Story of Dida Ibsen
Philipp Galen
 1918 Colomba
Gonzales
 1918 Madame d' Ora
Gelehrter Edmund Hall
 1918 Hanne und ihre drei Freier (Short)
Verehrer
 1918 Das verwunschene Schloß
Bauer Grödner (as Werner Krauß)
 1918 Es werde Licht! 3. Teil
Waldemar Gorsky
 1918 Die schleichende Gefahr
Musiker
 1917 Der Friedensreiter
Reiter
 1917 Die schöne Prinzessin von China (Short)
Kaiser
 1917 Die Tochter der Gräfin Stachowska
Adam Kolinski
 1917 Der Fremde (Short) (as Werner Krauß)
 1917 Gesühnte Schuld (Short)
Professor Marquardt
 1917 Die Pagode
Dr. Remus (Erfinder)
 1917 Die Fremde
Pan Hoang Amitaba
 1917 Das Bacchanal des Todes
Jan Lars
 1917 Stein unter Steinen (Short)
 1917 Unheilbar
 1916 Die Bettlerin von St. Marien
Buckeljörg
 1916 Jedermann (Short)
Death
 1916 Die Hand (Short)
 1916 Das unheimliche Haus (Short)
Doppel-Rolle
 1916 Die Rache der Toten (Short)
Dorfschulze Paul Horvath
 1916 Der Ungreifbare (Short)
 1916 Die vertauschte Braut (Short)
 1916 Zirkusblut
Thomas, Dorfbettler
 1916 Der furchtsame Bräutigam (Short)
 1916 Hoffmanns Erzählungen
Conte Dapertutto
 1914 The Black Triangle (Short)
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He attended from 1901 the teacher's college at Kreuzburg (Kluczbork). After it became known that he worked as an extra at the Breslau Lobe theatre, he was suspended from classes and decided to join a traveling theatre company. See more »

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